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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Alice say Randy is doing?
(a) watching Lib drive away
(b) going to sleep
(c) meditating
(d) stalking something

2. Why is Mrs. Josephine Vanbruuker-Brown important after the Day?
(a) she's head of civil defense in Florida
(b) she's Randy's neighbor
(c) she is Randy's grandmother
(d) she's Acting Chief Executive of the United States

3. Why does Dan stop by to see Lib?
(a) to ask her on a date
(b) to give her some meds for herself
(c) to talk about her mother
(d) to tell her that her mother has died

4. What are Randy's favorite times of the day?
(a) noon and dawn
(b) early dawn and dusk
(c) midnight and noon
(d) dusk and midnight

5. Why does Alice agree to Florence's request?
(a) she is bored
(b) she thinks Florence needs support
(c) she looked up Alas, Babylon
(d) her husband is out of town

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Edgar dislike Randy's father?

2. What does Washington D.C. say about the explosion in the Middle East?

3. What does Randy remember about meeting Elizabeth McGovern?

4. How does McCoy Airbase seem to Randy?

5. What does Randy find out about the planes at McCoy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bill McGovern say to Randy about his warning from Mark?

2. What happens in the "Hole" when General Hawker returns and talks with Mark?

3. What does Florence tell Alice about Randy?

4. What does "the Day" designate and how important is it to the people of Ft. Repose?

5. What happens at the bank when it gets low on money and what does Edgar do about it?

6. What does Randy hear on the radio while driving to Orlando?

7. Who is Florence Wechek and what is discovered about her at the beginning of the book?

8. Who barges in on Randy after he returns home from his errands in town and what does she say?

9. Where did Randy go after he left the bank and what did he do?

10. What happens when Mark's flight arrives at McCoy?

(see the answer keys)

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